Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting. · A reference or allusion to something. · A nomination. · Approval.
To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement. · To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting. · To sway, move up and down. · To gradually fall asleep.
From Middle English nodden, probably from an unrecorded Old English *hnodian (“to nod, shake the head”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnodōn, from Proto-Germanic *hnudōną (“to beat, rivet, pound, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *kendʰ-, from *ken- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Compare Old High German hnotōn (“to shake”), hnutten (“to shake, rattle, vibrate”) (> modern dialectal German notteln, nütteln (“to rock, move back and forth”)), Faroese njóða (“to clench a nail”), Icelandic hnjóða (“to rivet, clinch”), Faroese noða (“to double by bending”), Icelandic hnoða (“to clinch, rivet”).
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- Inherited-form mentionnoddenenm
- Inherited-form mention*hnodianang · to nod, shake the head
- Inherited-form mention*hnodōngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*hnudōnągem-pro · to beat, rivet, pound, push
- Derivation mention*kendʰ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionhnotōngoh · to shake
- Cognate mentionnottelnde
- Cognate mentionnjóðafo · to clench a nail
- Cognate mentionhnjóðais · to rivet, clinch
- Cognate mentionnoðafo · to double by bending
- Cognate mentionhnoðais · to clinch, rivet
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